Students With Disabilities and Involvement in Peer Victimization: Theory, Research, and Considerations for the Future

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 263-274

  Farmer, Thomas ^a   Wike, Traci L ^a   Alexander, Quentin R ^a   Rodkin, Philip C ^b   Mehtaji, Meera ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying; disability; peer victimization; school violence; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941207760     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: 15384756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932515572911     Document Type: Article

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